Arc-Zone and the Indy 500

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that I have a background in racing. When I moved from racing to manufacturing, many of my friends and colleagues stayed in the racing industry: The winning team Target Chip Ganassi, Team Penske, KV Racing Technology and many part suppliers like Howerton Racing Products, Reid Washbon Racing Exhaust, SS Tube Technology, and more. Not only do I count these folks among my friends, some of them have become customers of Arc-Zone.

In other words, I have strong ties to the industry. And so in the spirit of celebrating those ties, and starting a new tradition for Arc-Zone, for this year’s Indy 500 Race we started our own version of an office pool. (for the record, no gambling was involved)

Our Operations Manager Scott Reiman came up with this plan, and to make sure no one (like me) with extensive knowledge of the racing teams would have an unfair advantage, we each drew names and the person who’s driver came in First would get $25, Second place driver qualified for $20, and so on. And to make sure everyone got in on the fun, we even awarded prize money for First Crash, Driver who leads the most laps, Driver leading at the half, Last Finisher and even the Arc-Zone Employee winning the fewest categories qualified for a $10 award. I’m not sure everyone actually watched the race– not everyone is as into racing as I am, but it did give us something fun to talk about after the holiday weekend!

Arc-Zone is not the only company with strong ties in the racing industry– Lincoln Electric is the exclusive provider of welding equipment to winning driver Dario Franchitti (pictured above) and his Target Chip Ganassi Racing Team. In fact, Lincoln Electric is the “Official Welder” of the Indy Racing League (IRL). You can read all about it at the Lincoln website–>.